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CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA

EIN 95-2158727 SANTA BARBARA, CA

Revenue 2024
$12,010,526
Expenses 2024
$7,869,485

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G300
Classification
1000
Street
601 W JUNIPERO ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CANCER FOUNDATION IS THE LEADING SPONSOR AND LARGEST DONOR TO THE RIDLEY-TREE CANCER CENTER AT SANSUM CLINIC, THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF CANCER CARE ON THE CENTRAL COAST. EACH YEAR, THE FOUNDATION COMMITS A MINIMUM OF 85% (UP TO 100%) OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE FOUNDATION'S ENDOWMENT AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT CANCER DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS IN OUR RIDLEY-TREE CANCER CENTER. THE REMAINING 15% MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT OTHER CANCER RELATED PROGRAMS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. HISTORICALLY, THESE HAVE INCLUDED ONCOLOGY BENCHMARK RESEARCH AT UCSB, PEDIATRIC CANCER CARE, AND NAVIGATORS AT COTTAGE HEALTH SYSTEM. ALL OF FOUNDATION PROCEEDS MUST BE USED TO SUPPORT CANCER CARE IN THE COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA IS TO ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF SUPERIOR CANCER CARE AND PATIENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THE CANCER FOUNDATION IS THE LEADING FUNDRAISING AND GRANT MAKING INSTITUTION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY DEDICATED TO CANCER CARE, AND THE LARGEST FUNDER TO THE RIDLEY-TREE CANCER CENTER AT SANSUM CLINIC NOW PART OF SUTTER HEALTH.

  • TO ENSURE SANTA BARBARA REMAINS IN THE VANGUARD OF CANCER CARE, THE CANCER FOUNDATION RAISES AND DISTRIBUTES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR TO RIDLEY-TREE CANCER CENTER AT SANSUM CLINIC, NOW PART OF SUTTER HEALTH, ALLOWING THE CENTER TO DELIVER A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE POSSIBLE IN A COMMUNITY OF OUR SIZE, ON PAR WITH SOME OF THE MOST RENOWED CANCER CENTERS IN THE US.

    Expenses $6,156,297 · Grants $3,722,690 · Revenue $1,173,322

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LORI WILLIS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $250,839
    From this org
    $214,935
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,904
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,935
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,404
    Filer's total
    $250,839

  • STEPHANIE CARLYLE

    DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $180,973
    From this org
    $144,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,345
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,628
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,145
    Filer's total
    $180,973

  • KRISTEN BLABEY VICE CHAIR

    (THRU 04/24), CHAIR (AS OF 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVE MCHUGH

    CHAIR (THRU 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PRISCILLA HIGGINS PHD

    VICE CHAIR (AS OF 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROLA NICHOLSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATINA ZANINOVICH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE BAINS

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • W CHARLES CONWAY MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARRY DAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARICK FULLER

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA GUADAGNO

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RAYE HASKELL-MELVILLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATTY MACFARLANE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM MEEKER

    TRUSTEE (THRU 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DENISE MONTELL PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD NAGLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD NORDLUND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLES PETERSEN

    TRUSTEE (THRU 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEORGE THARAKAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR WARREN SUH

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICK WEBER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $12,010,526
    Expenses
    $7,869,485
    Contributions
    $4,352,146
    Grants paid
    $3,722,690
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,278,466
    Expenses
    $7,481,036
    Contributions
    $4,904,666
    Grants paid
    $3,700,404
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,692,266
    Expenses
    $6,434,903
    Contributions
    $19,968,701
    Grants paid
    $3,308,406

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,300,138
    Expenses
    $5,718,078
    Assets (EOY)
    $140,282,828

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,862,483
    Expenses
    $6,020,985
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,321,184

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,223,690
    Expenses
    $6,864,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $129,076,560

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,052,476
    Expenses
    $6,676,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,105,644

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,091,816
    Expenses
    $11,267,457
    Assets (EOY)
    $125,150,803

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,671,875
    Expenses
    $5,365,051
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,230,673

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,934,272
    Expenses
    $6,680,214
    Assets (EOY)
    $105,527,509

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $14,269,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $90,194,431

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $15,171,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,588,790

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.